AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Pyrite with Chalcocite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75665 |
Mineral: | Pyrite with Chalcocite |
Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
Description: | Three lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals with just the beginning of a coating of gray-metallic chalcocite in clay-rich matrix. The pyrite crystals are a combination of cubic, octahedral, dodecahedral and diploid forms. Collected in 2015. Analysis of coating performed from Ben Grguric at South Australian Museum |
Overall Size: | 6.5x3.5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 16-24 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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